Opening bedroom door to kitchen/dining area or to the living area?
Hello,
I have been following the discussions here and find them very helpful.
I am renovating a old small house and would appreciate your advice on a dilemma I have. Would it better for the bedroom door to open to the living area (2nd room) or to the kitchen/dining/entry area.
I know both have downsides so I am left with a difficult choice.
Thank you for your help.
Comments (13)
dreamer
4 years agoAnne Monsour
4 years agoI would definitely have it opening into the kitchen diner . There are already enough openings into your lounge and having another makes arranging your lounges awkward . Privacy is better . I am doing a Reno on a house we have had for nearly 20 years . Having the door to Bed 2 opening into a not large living area , was an major annoyance . We moved it into the end of the dining area and it is more private , closer to the bathroom and leaves lounge furniture arrangement so much easier . We will also be moving bedroom 1 door to the other end of the wall .
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoopen the door into the kitchen diner and have the hinge on the other side of the door for added privacy when the door is partly open
btw is the bathroom already completed?bigreader
4 years agoAmit
4 years agoThank you for all the replies and suggestions.
Although the kitchen, dining and the entry area at large would benefit from moving the bedroom door inside, I tend to agree that the privacy and function suffer more from a bedroom door within the lounge.
I was suggested elsewhere to widen the lounge entrance and remove its door thus making the layout more open and "modern". I think this would not help, though, with the door positioning problem - either way.
Bigreader, bedroom 2 = top room on the layout? It can be used as a spare bedroom but it is surrounded with shutters and large windows. I think It better suited for leisure or as a work space.
Oklouise, thank you for the effort in redrawing the layout and experimenting with it. The suggestion for exchanging the hinges direction is spot on. The bathroom is not built yet. I am considering replacing the bath with a partly open shower:
oklouise
4 years ago
Gallifrey
4 years agome me
4 years agooklouise
4 years agome me suggestions could look like this and why not try the washing machine in the kitchen?
Amit
4 years agoThis looks like an interesting idea! More tight but definitely more efficient. The fridge would have to be a smaller. Maybe a price worth paying.
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Gallifrey, "bedroom 3" is the upper room adjoined the lounge? If we had the resources we would have made more changes. Changing this room size will require other layout and constructive changes - I think.
Thank you very much for feedback and suggestions.
I am adding the dimensions (in cm)
juliahocking
4 years ago
oklouise